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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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714Maggenti and Gardnerpostalar callus (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, the prominentposterodorsal angle <strong>of</strong> the scutum.postalar declivity see postalar wallpostalare see postalar armpostalar tail (NEMATA: Secernentea) That segment <strong>of</strong> the tailposterior to the leptoderan bursa or caudal alae.postalar wall (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, the ventrolateralsurface below the postalar ridge; postalar declivity.postanal plate see telsonpostantennal organ (ARTHRO: Insecta) In some Collembola, avariously shaped structure (ring-like, rosette, or complex),immediately behind the antennal bases; comprised <strong>of</strong>sense-cell and several enveloping cells, possibly functioningas a chemorecepter.postapical a. [L. post, after; apex, the tip] (MOLL: Bivalvia)Referring to lateral teeth situated behind the umbo orapex.postbasal a. [L. post, after; Gr. basis, a pedestal] Behind; beyond;near the base.postbascillary eyes (ARTHRO: Chelicerata) In Arachnida, theanterior median eyes that have the retinal nuclei behindthe light-sensitive rods. see prebascillary eyes.postcerebral glands see cephalic salivary glandspostclypeus n. [L. post, after; clypeus, shield] (ARTHRO: Insecta)In some insects, the posterior or upper division <strong>of</strong>the clypeus differentiated by a suture from the anteclypeus,the ginglymus <strong>of</strong> the mandible attaches here;nasus; prefrons. see anteclypeus.postcolon n. [L. post, after; colon, colon] (ARTHRO: Chelicerata)Region <strong>of</strong> the gut between the colon and the rectum incertain mites.postcornu n. [L. post, after; cornu, horn] (ARTHRO: Insecta) InHymenoptera, a single, supra-anal, sclerotized caudal spine<strong>of</strong> Symphyta larvae.postcorpus n. [L. post, after; corpus, body] (NEMATA) Theposterior part <strong>of</strong> the esophagus in which the esophageal

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